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Chester Alan Arthur: Obscure or underrated?

by NCC Staff

If you are a presidential historian or a fan of facial hair, you probably know a little about Chester Alan Arthur. For the rest of…

Chester Alan Arthur: Obscure or underrated?
10 fascinating facts about President Lyndon B. Johnson

by NCC Staff

On the occasion of President Lyndon Johnson’s birthday, the National Constitution Center looks at 10 interesting facts about one…

10 fascinating facts about President Lyndon B. Johnson
10 fascinating facts about Watergate

by NCC Staff

On June 17, 1972, police caught five men breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in…

10 fascinating facts about Watergate
Generations later, President Warren Harding’s sudden death recalled

by NCC Staff

On the evening of August 2, 1923, President Warren Harding died in a San Francisco hotel room. Beyond that, the details of the…

Generations later, President Warren Harding’s sudden death recalled
Three Presidents Die on July 4th: Just a Coincidence?

by NCC Staff

It is a fact of American history that three of the five Founding Father Presidents died on Independence Day. But was it just a…

Three Presidents Die on July 4th: Just a Coincidence?
On this day, Supreme Court invalidates key FDR program

by NCC Staff

On May 28, 1935, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down an important part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s NIRA plan, when the…

On this day, Supreme Court invalidates key FDR program
Happy birthday to First United States Congress

by NCC Staff

On this day in 1789, the First Congress under our current Constitution met in its first joint session in New York and undertook an…

Happy birthday to First United States Congress
Make Time for Judge Jackson’s Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings

by Marcia Coyle

U.S. Senate confirmation hearings on Supreme Court nominees have been called a “Kabuki dance,” a subtle minuet,” and even a…

Make Time for Judge Jackson’s Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings
10 fascinating facts about Grover Cleveland

by NCC Staff

Grover Cleveland was one of most fascinating White House occupants who received mixed grades as a president.

10 fascinating facts about Grover Cleveland
10 birthday facts about James Madison

by NCC Staff

James Madison, the father of the Constitution, has a birthday today. How much do you know about the fourth President?

10 birthday facts about James Madison